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Mike Ives / New York Times:
Federal Judge Overturns California's 3-Decade-Old Assault Weapons Ban — The judge said the ban was a “failed experiment.” California's governor called the ruling “a direct threat to public safety.” — A federal judge in California on Friday overturned the state's three-decade-old ban …
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Joe.My.God., CBS Los Angeles and California Attorney …
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CNN:
A federal judge, who compares an AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, overturns California's ban on assault weapons — (CNN)In a ruling that compared the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, a federal judge overturned California's longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday, ruling it violates the Second Amendment's right to bear arms.
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HotAir, California Governor and Insider
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Obtained Gag Order on Times Executives in Secret Fight Over Email Logs — A push by prosecutors to secretly seize data about four Times reporters' emails began in the Trump administration and continued under Biden. — WASHINGTON — In the last weeks of the Trump administration …
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Politico, The Hill, Insider, Bloomberg, USA Today, New Republic and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Kristen Altus / Fox News:
McEnany: Women in Biden admin get ‘glowing’ profiles after ‘hit pieces’ for female Trump officials — Reports say Annie Leibovitz photographing Biden press secretary Jen Psaki — McEnany: Mainstream media ‘fawning’ over Biden admin with weak questioning, ‘glowing’ profiles
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
‘So interesting’: Trump pitched on idea to run for House, become Speaker
‘So interesting’: Trump pitched on idea to run for House, become Speaker
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Insider, Instapundit and Axios
ABC News:
Manhattan DA brought Trump Organization controller to testify before special grand jury: Sources — Jeff McConney has testified in the probe of Trump's finances, sources say. — One of the most senior officials in the Trump Organization has testified before a special grand jury empaneled …
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Raw Story, Political Wire, Washington Examiner, Insider and Joe.My.God.
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New York Times:
Senior Trump Organization Official Is Called to Testify Before Grand Jury — The Manhattan district attorney's office subpoenaed Jeffrey McConney, a long-serving financial executive at the company. — As prosecutors ramp up their investigation of Donald J. Trump and his family business …
NBC News:
The state of Alabama took his gun away. When authorities gave it back, he shot and killed his wife. … HOOVER, Alabama — Late one night in February 2019, a 31-year-old woman in a troubled marriage was rushed to an emergency room in a Birmingham, Alabama, suburb, with a gunshot wound in her upper right arm.
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NBC News:
The health insurance public option might be fizzling. The left is OK with that. … WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama abandoned a public insurance option to win moderate support for the Affordable Care Act in 2009, progressives were enraged. — A decade later, Joe Biden campaigned …
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Matthew Brown / USA Today:
‘His presence is dominating’: How state and local Republican parties are turning ever more toward Trump — WASHINGTON — Months after Donald Trump left the Oval Office, Republicans at the state and local level are cementing their loyalty to the one-term president, assuring that Trump will remain …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Is America heading to a place where it can no longer call itself a democracy?
Is America heading to a place where it can no longer call itself a democracy?
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New York Times, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and NBC News
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
FBI demands USA Today hand over names of EVERYONE who read story about two FBI agents killed during Florida child porn raid but newspaper REFUSES First Amendment ‘violation’ — The article was about a child porn raid that killed two of its agents - the suspect committed suicide afterwards
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
USA Today resists FBI subpoena seeking data of those who read story about agents' killing
USA Today resists FBI subpoena seeking data of those who read story about agents' killing
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Washington Examiner, Deadline, Snopes.com, New York Post, The Hill and HotAir, more at Mediagazer »
Phil Keren / Akron Beacon Journal:
Memorial Day mic cut: Hudson American Legion Post's charter suspended, leader resigns — The charter of Hudson's American Legion post was suspended as its leader resigned Friday after a veteran's mic got cut while he spoke about Black Americans' role in the history of Memorial Day.
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Washington Post and Hackwhackers
New York Times:
McGahn Breaks Little New Ground in Closed-Door Testimony — A transcript of the former White House counsel's appearance, which ended a two-year dispute between the Justice Department and Congress over a subpoena, will be made public next week. — WASHINGTON — Donald F. McGahn II …
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Derek Robertson / Politico:
How Everything Became ‘Cancel Culture’ — Congresswoman Liz Cheney was canceled. — So her sympathetic Republican colleagues — ranging from Rep. Ken Buck to Sen. Joni Ernst to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan — declared as she was abruptly stripped of her position in party leadership last month …
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Areo
Politico:
The partisan divide in vaccinations is starker than you realize — The partisan divide in Covid-19 vaccinations is becoming starker as the nation inches toward President Joe Biden's goal of providing at least one shot to 70 percent of adults by July 4, complicating efforts to reach …
Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft's Bing Temporarily Blocked Searches of Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’ Image — Company says ‘accidental human error’ caused problems with results for image linked to 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing — Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search engine blocked content …
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National Review, New York Times and Newsbusters
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Joseph Cox / VICE:
Bing Censors Image Search for ‘Tank Man’ Even in US
Bing Censors Image Search for ‘Tank Man’ Even in US
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The Guardian, Gizmodo, Ace of Spades HQ, The Verge, HotAir, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, MIT Technology Review and Insider, more at Techmeme »
Jean Mackenzie / BBC:
Belgium's Van Ranst: Covid scientist targeted by a far-right sniper — For nearly three weeks Belgium's leading virologist has been living in a safehouse with his wife and 12-year-old son, guarded by security agents. — While scientists across the world have come under attack throughout the pandemic …
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Balloon Juice
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
G-7 countries reach agreement on 15 percent minimum global tax rate — The accord announced by finance ministers could reshape tax obligations of multinational corporations — Finance ministers for the G-7 advanced economies announced an accord that could reshape the tax obligations of multinational corporations around the world.
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Politico, Bloomberg, NBC4 Washington, New York Times and Kyodo News+
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
All eyes on DeSantis — Ron DeSantis is sitting in the ballroom of Pittsburgh's Wyndham Hotel facing the famous confluence of three rivers. The waterways carry coal barges, kayaks, jet skis, and bass boats. It is a scene that reflects the area's past and developing future.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
U.S. Capitol Attack Is Reshaping The Federal Counterterrorism Budget — The Biden administration has requested millions of dollars in new funds for the FBI and Justice Department in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection. — Five months after supporters of former President Donald Trump launched …
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Bargain hunters pounce as Trump condo prices hit decade lows — NEW YORK (AP) — The building has stunning Manhattan skyline views, its spa offers deep-tissue massages, and the fancy restaurant off the lobby serves up prime steaks. Best of all, many apartments at the Trump World Tower …
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Gothamist, Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump called Arizona Senate president to thank her ‘for pushing to prove any fraud’ in election, emails show — Newly released emails sent to and from Arizona state senators reveal that President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani reached out personally to urge GOP officials …
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CNN, Raw Story and Snopes.com
Marco Rubio / Fox News:
If Biden believes in science, he must fire Fauci — Dr. Anthony Fauci has repeatedly demonstrated a history of moving goal-posts when it comes to public health — Mike Pompeo: Dr. Fauci ‘saw everything I saw’ — It will be decades before we know the true cost of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Hill, Forbes and Washington Post
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
‘Jeb is Heartbroken’: Bush Inner Circle Responds to George P. Bush's Trumpian Campaign Launch — The recent campaign launch by a Bush family scion has upended their longstanding unity, causing heartbreak behind the scenes and even a rare public rebuke from a longtime Bush loyalist.
Bloomberg:
Hackers Breached Colonial Pipeline Using Compromised Password — Investigators suspect hackers got password from dark web leak — Colonial CEO hopes U.S. goes after criminal hackers abroad — The hack that took down the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S. and led to shortages across …
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CNN, more at Techmeme »
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's utterly bonkers ‘reinstatement’ ideas matter — One of the earliest signs came in early February. Donald Trump and his team issued assorted written statements and legal filings which went to comedic lengths to avoid use of the phrase “former president” — suggesting …
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The Daily Beast, The Atlantic and Raw Story
Katie Herzog / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
‘The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind’ — A psychiatrist lecturing at Yale's Child Study Center spoke about ‘unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way.’ … KH: Your bio online says you are a “Forensic Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, with expertise in violence …
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New York Post, JONATHAN TURLEY, RedState, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, The Federalist, TheBlaze, National Review, HotAir, The Daily Caller and Human Events
Maya King / Politico:
Why both parties are so fixated on a nonpartisan Texas mayor's race — Republican mayors are close to extinct in big-city America. And there might be one fewer after Saturday's mayoral runoff in Fort Worth, Texas. — While Democrats hold City Hall in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas …
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Daily Kos and Texas Democratic Party
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: British doctor Peter Daszak who tried to gag the Wuhan lab leak theory is seen outside his million-dollar home in upstate NY as it's revealed he has IGNORED Congress' demands for answers — DailyMail.com spotted Dr. Peter Daszak outside of his million dollar home in an affluent neighborhood …
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New York Post